When You Smile is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Clouds Taste Metallic. Opening up with a free atmosphere, a couple guitars can be heard coming in and out of the track with effects on them which gives them a very light and airy …

Released in November of 2005 (6 months after Mezmerize)as the second part of a two disc album recorded in the same studio sessions, the artwork like Mezmerize was painted by Daron’s father to give the album an abstract look and feel. The Digipak cardboard case fits into Mezmerize to …

Aaliyah
“Back and Forth”
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number
Blackground/Jive Records
Director: Millicent Shelton
There isn’t any other video that reeks of 90s style Hip Hop and R&B other than Aaliyah’s “Back And Forth”. This song and video was her debut on the music scene back in the early 90s, off of her first …

Del the Funky Homosapien is the best rapper on this Earth, period.
The founding father of the infamous and amazing Hieroglyphics crew, Del has brought many talented rappers into the business, all the while crafting the best lyrics ever heard. He has a style all his own and an expanded …

Big girls don’t cry is by Fergie. It is a song about a woman talking about her boyfriend breaking up with her and she is saying big girls don’t cry because she is not crying. She figured it would happen. The woman also in the song talks about …

If you are a big fan of Miley Cyrus, it’s best to get this Hannah Montana 3 Soundtrack. It has some nice sounds and up-tempo beats and Miley’s voice is as golden as ever. She has this really great and awesome talent and definitely nice sounding. Very …

Rain Man is a song by Eminem which appears on his album Encore. The track starts off with a pretty slow tempo and a laidback rhythm which Eminem establishes a rhythm for with his vocal performance. The opening vocal melody seems a bit awkward at first, and I will …

The song walk over you is one of AC/DC’s songs that have a lot of aggression in. This song off the album Highway to Hell would have to be one of my favorites on the album. The intro is made up of slow distortion power chords played by …

Good Night is a song by The Beatles which is the final track on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Good Night opens up with this very majestic sounding string section which has this very corny sound to it to be honest but I know this is what …

Overview —“ 21 Guns, the ballad of 21st Century Breakdown is one song that at first I really didn’t like it much at all, but after listening to it since the release of the album, I have to say that it’s probably one of my favorite songs on the …

Heresy, one of the darkest sounding Nine Inch Nails tracks throughout their entire discography, is a track which appears on what is considered the band’s best work, The Downward Spiral. I just finished reviewing the track Only which I reviewed as being pretty eerie but not so much of …

After 40 years of the legendary group The Beatles, declared dissolved, one personnel from the Beatles, Ringo Starr, did not want to give up the competition in the music industry. While in the Beatles, he was only acting as a drummer, Starr
also has a great contribution as his friends, …

Talkin’ New York is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his self-titled debut record. Something I should point out is that this is the first Dylan composition ever released on any of his records and along with one other original on this record, this is the only …

Call of the Wild is one of my all time favourite songs, even though I am not the world’s biggest fan of the singer in general. I do like a few of his other compositions, but this one really stands out for me. It is unfortunately rather hampered by …

Overview - Earth A.D., The Misfits’ final album with vocalist and songwriter Glenn Danzig, is honestly just an assault of aggressive music from start to finish without much of a break anywhere in between. To me, this description honestly
doesn’t sound very appealing at all simply because it sounds as …

The song sneaky snake is sung by Tom T. Hall. This song is sort of a joke because it is so funny. When I hear this song I think of the line about the snake drinking all the root beer. Somehow though that just seems impossible and silly. Snakes …

Overview —“ South Of Heaven, the fourth album released by Slayer, definitely slowed things down after the extremely thrash driven Reign In Blood. I know that when people tend to think of slayer they think of extremely heavy metal, but more importantly, they think of extremely fast metal. When …

The Wicker Man is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Brave New World. The track starts off with a pretty aggressive guitar riff which is extremely driving and is reinforced by a pounding background rhythm from another guitar, bass, and drums. Dickinson soon comes in …

This album is very special to me. It started listening to this record at a very interesting time in my life, when I was about thirteen years old, and this album will always remind me of that time, and will always remain special to me for that reason. As …

The Fame Monster was released as a double CD, with all of the songs from The Fame on disc 1 and the new released songs exclusive to The Fame Monster on disc 2. It can definitely be seen to be a lot darker than the first album, but in …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 5″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Following the discovery of the condom in Part 4, Part 5 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped In The Closet” hip hop musical series begins as Sylvester reveals that he’s suspected her cheating all along (it seems like everyone knows that everyone is …

Rob Thomas, lead singer of the popular rock band Matchbox 20, has quickly grown to become one of the most influential songwriters of the last 20 years. As a solo artist, Thomas has written and performed with influential artists such as Carlos Santana and Joss Stone. He has also …

Before I truly got to listen to any of the band “Atreyu’s” music, I used to hear their name being thrown around a lot on several rock and metal music radio stations, as well as a on certain music cable television station. Something someone said to me one time …

Sweet Home Alabama is a song done by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is one of the songs that most popular when I was a teenager. We used to listen to it the most when we would go roller skating. It is not a bad song but most of …

Aaron Lewis is the lead singer and acoustic guitar player of the band known as Staind. I have seen Aaron Lewis Live in concert, and I can say that he is an absolute Genius when it comes to music. His writing skills are amazing, and he actually told us …

Meet The Light Child is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second record, Danse Manatee. Opening up with somewhat of a lazy drone-like sound, Meet The Light Child shares a problem with some of the tracks on Animal Collective’s previous album in that the vocals get …

Nickelback’s album “All The Right Reasons” is my favorite album ever. Honestly, I can’t think of any other album in the world that I like more than this one. What do I feel so strongly about it? The fact that every song on it is great! I don’t mind …

I saw this music video after the CMT Music Awards. I didn’t think I was going to like it but since it won an award, I figured I would listen to it and see if it really deserved it. I had wanted Carrie Underwood to win for “Cowboy Casanova”. …

My favorite hip hop artist of all time is the Big Dog, Snoop Dogg. I have the collection of all his albums and I think I can acclaim myself as one of his biggest fans of all time.
There was a time when I was really into Snoop’s stuff, I …

Before purchasing “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” my exposure to Regina Spektor had mostly been listening to her songs on YouTube and, later, purchasing them on iTunes. As someone who had only listened to her light and happy songs, I was pleasantly surprised when I put the …

Pearl Jam busted on the scene with a new sound and simplified fashion sense that was a far cry from the spandex and big hair days.Their music dealt with darker themes that invoked emotional response from each listener.Pearl Jam has went on to do great things in music but …

I lucked up on Ebay and found this electric acoustic guitar for $49. Imagine how shocked I was at seeing this price on a piece of musical equipment. Not only that, the guitar came with a mini electric amplifier. Now, here’s the catch: the shipping …

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik - two of the world’s biggest popstars today has made a new collaboration for the highly anticipated erotic film “Fifty Shades Darker”. When I heard this news the first thing that came to my mind was, “Seriously? Their voices will not blend well, what …

L-Burna Thug By Nature is a CD released by Bone Thugs N Harmony member Layzie Bone. He uses L Burna as his nickname on this album. But he is in fact Layzie Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony. He is a great rapper and he shows off his solo skills …

I admit that even though I have been reviewing mostly indie and alternative music in this site, I’m still a huge fan of Pop music especially after country superstar Taylor Swift converted into the genre.
Obviously, we all know that Taylor Swift was not a pop star for at least …

I’ve never heard of Chris Daughtry nor his band Daughtry. But when I heard the song ‘Home’, I came to appreciate his music.
Then, there was a radio station which played ‘Over You’. Upon hearing that music, I admired Chris Daughtry’s music all the more.
The way Chris Daughtry interprets the …

I have been listening to this album for over a week now. I even listen to it in bed before I sleep. The reason for this is very simple. It’s brilliant. Where do I even begin to review this band? First of all they call this genre Deathcore. I …

Having been invited to their live video recording performance, what I expected of the Soweto Gospel Choir is nothing close to what I actually witnessed, and I mean that in the most positive way possible.
From what I had experienced before, a lot of choral music didn’t really appeal to …

Overview —“ They Say, the first music video released by Scars On Broadway for promotion of their debut album is a music video that is broken up into a performance half and then random clips from throughout society as well. I have to admit that I was extremely anxious …

Stockholm Syndrome is a song by Muse which appears on their album Absolution. The song starts off with an extremely heavy guitar riff which is quite uncharacteristic of Muse just because of how metal sounding and aggressive it is. To be honest, I’m surprised that I heard this from …

Overview - Side I of The Fragile, Nine Inch Nail’s third full length record, contains some of the best aggressive work and also some of the best melodic work they’ve ever put out through their entire career. Right from the opening track Reznor sounds excellent vocally and shows he …

Sounds of Earth: Rainforest - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a wonderful audio CD to listen to. This CD offers a couple noticeable sounds in the background: the sounds of birds, the sound of a stream on track one, and the sound of thunder on track two. I …

Dreamend is a band I discovered quite recently. I had listened to them some before but never really got impressed. Once I listened to Sun in Aries I was completely astonished with what I heard. You can say it’s divided into two separate parts. The first one combines tender …

Kids is a song by MGMT which appears on their second album, Oracular Spectacular. I’m sure that just about anyone who listens to modern radio has heard this song at least once, starting with the very distinct and recognizable synthesizer opening. I will admit that Kids is a fun …

Electric Funeral is a song by Black Sabbath which appears on their second record, Paranoid. Opening up with an iconic Tony Iommi riff which has a heavy wah-effect, the band goes for a simple sound, but a sound which they certainly make sound quite dark and heavy. Though I …

LOVE GUN
Another “live in studio” effort that would be the album KISS’ tour would revolve around on the band’s first excursion into Japan.
Classics such as LOVE GUN and CHRISTINE SiXTEEN are side by side underrated gems such as PLASTER CASTER and one of Peter Criss’ WORST songs ever HOOLIGAN. …

Thornography is the bands seventh album and second on Roadrunner Records, it was released in 2006 and produced by Rob Caggiano of Anthrax. The track The Byronic Man features Villie Valo of H.I.M. and is a song about Lord Byron. The Song Temptation is a cover song, originally done …

Aside from Total Eclipse by Bonnie Tyler and Alone by Heart, this is one of those powerful songs that you can sing as an audition piece or your bullet to winning a singing contest. This songs sounds serious and it makes me proud that most of Filipino Singers can …

This is one of the songs that you don’t like at the beginning but once you hear it the third time, you are instantly in love with the song. I love this song because of the beats and his voice. Travie McCoy’s voice really makes up the song. His …

I feel the true spirit of Christmas with this song. It is a single by Mariah Carey as part of her fifth album Merry Christmas. I also like the video of it, where Mariah Carey is spending Christmas in the snow with many presents and family. Her ex-husband made …